It’s Oscar weekend in Hollywood, and the Real Time live audience was in the mood for some show business insight. Host Bill Maher didn’t disappoint. This year’s Oscars has some changes, Maher said. “They’re asking, ‘Who are you slapping?’ He also noted that it’s hard to remember who won what from year to year. “You win and you disappear,” Maher noted. He waited a beat. “Like Kamala Harris.” Maher admitted he’s rooting for one actor in particular – Tom Cruise. “I want to see a person get up and say, “I want to thank Xenu.” All of that in the opening monologue was the warmup to Maher’s closing editorial in his “New Rules” section. In a segment called “The Scold and the Beautiful,” Maher reflected on the origins of award winners telling us their views, or “how bad people have it by the people who have it the best.” Maher recalled that it’s been 50 years since Sacheen Littlefeather caused a sensation by accepting the Best Actor award for Marlon Brando. She used the … [Read more...] about Bill Maher Says ‘Thank You, Hollywood’ For Dragging The Country Forward
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Bill Maher Says Social Progress Doesn’t Happen Everywhere All at Once, Even in Hollywood
Bill Maher was more subtle than usual Friday night ... tipping his hat to evolutionary social change and asking everyone to chill if things aren't perfect RIGHT NOW. The "Real Time" host used Oscars weekend to make his point -- that even in liberal Hollywood there's a learning curve on the scales of social justice. He points to 1973, when Marlon Brando snagged the Oscar for "The Godfather" and sent a surrogate in his place to accept -- Sacheen Littlefeather , who got up onstage to talk about injustices against Native Americans. She was met with boos and even tomahawk chops from people in the audience. Real Time with Bill Maher/HBO Today, BM says, she'd clearly be met with cheers, not jeers ... and that, he says, is progress. Bill then broadens out his point ... Reagan was late on AIDS, but he came around. Obama was late with gay marriage, but he too came around. And, Bill wishes, Biden or his successor will step up and … [Read more...] about Bill Maher Says Social Progress Doesn’t Happen Everywhere All at Once, Even in Hollywood